Table 12 Employed by occupational groups and region of birth. Absolute numbers and in per cent. Q4 2007

12 Employed by occupational groups and region of birth. Absolute numbers and in per cent. Q4 2007
	Employed in total	Thereof

		First generation immigrants
		in total	Western	Non-western

Total	2 160 122	178 113	56 470	121 643

1 Legislators, senior officials and managers	145 919	5 631	3 803	1 828
2 Professionals	264 071	22 239	12 796	9 443
3 Technicians and associate professionals	463 344	25 421	12 449	12 972
4 Clerks	164 294	13 813	3 573	10 240
5 Service workers and shop and market sales workers	543 288	43 098	10 635	32 463
6 Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	52 193	1 346	590	756
7 Craft and related trades workers	220 570	20 915	6 652	14 263
8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers	181 799	18 228	3 170	15 058
9 Elementary occupations	124 642	27 421	2 802	24 619

In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

1 Legislators, senior officials and managers	6.8	3.2	6.7	1.5
2 Professionals	12.2	12.5	22.7	7.8
3 Technicians and associate professionals	21.4	14.3	22.0	10.7
4 Clerks	7.6	7.8	6.3	8.4
5 Service workers and shop and market sales workers	25.2	24.2	18.8	26.7
6 Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	2.4	0.8	1.0	0.6
7 Craft and related trades workers	10.2	11.7	11.8	11.7
8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers	8.4	10.2	5.6	12.4
9 Elementary occupations	5.8	15.4	5.0	20.2